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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  returned from my gap year last September. I knew I’d changed a lot over my gap year, but my transition back into being an MIT student both ... my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  (my roommate would arrive in about a week). I gave up when I got onto ... boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my clothes, my bedding, my shoes, the books I'd yet to read, my crochet hooks

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  to my identity as a woman. There’s a common theme here, though; it ... , but my general impression is that growing up is just the process of ... , however regrettable that may be.   1     My Existence is Performative

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  of my roommates when I was two years out of college, who had formerly ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in countless

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  , but more because of how much it makes my roommate laugh whenever I try ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  weeks: My roommates have a dog, and she is perfect, and I pet her all ... Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... school. All my classes are remote, and I don’t have campus access, so I can

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  ?[/annotation] My roommate, Mariia, once told me that she can't complete any of her ... My name is Camille (Cami) Mejia. I am a lover of music, dogs, baking ... whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  , my family sat down around the kitchen table for a discussion. My dad ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  honest review of MIT dining hall food, sponsored by my lovely [annotation ... meal plan YIPPEE unlike the majority of my friends. but also lowkey MIT ... . [/annotation] I’m happy to say that both my [annotation note="one of the new apps

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  incredible musical journey throughout my life and I thought I'd try and take you all through that with me. For a brief overview into my different ... this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  a bet. I had been telling him about my research interests and my ... read an article about you in twenty years." That caught my ear, though ... ,[/annotation] if he sees my name show up somewhere. I still don't think I'll go on to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  . Plan to partition your room evenly if you have a roommate. If you take a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I'm in New Jersey for the wedding of an MIT roommate. Lots of old friends from across the country are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  , Sagittarius moon, Gemini rising,” she said. That checked out. One of my closest friends, August, is a Gemini, and the similarities clicked in my brain ... , social, and a little dreamy and elusive. “Okay, guess my sign,” I said

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions ... about all the cheese. Seriously, I bought so much cheese. My favorite was ... Wisconsin State Capitol. My window opened up to the hotel pool, so my sole

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  significant impact on my mood. This week has been abnormally warm, up in the ... I did in middle school. I loved lego robotics, and my mom can testify ... processes and code up solutions to some intense problems. It’s honestly my

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  : recycling! So, welcome to "Flashback: Part 1," where my older and wiser senior self will laugh herself silly over my less wise freshman self. So, who am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  roommates or buying Hades, this was the peak of my semester. I had such a ... the program. The Application Process I had heard of the program from my ... that confident in my coding skills back then, but it was something I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  spare before midnight to eat some mooncakes with my roommate and call my ... " align="alignnone" width="1000"] A most stunning sunset of Dorm Row my ... like home. I spent the first few days moving my stuff from storage into

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  from my living community suggested that a group of us take the course ... document my thoughts from each section. Writing things down is the most ... ) to 10 (Always). The first number is my result from the beginning of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020